Andor’s Trail Project Meeting #12
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:35 pm
Andor’s Trail Project Meeting #12
2012-09-09
Present: Oskar Wiksten (oskarwiksten), Scott Devaney (sdevaney), Matthew White (Nyktos)
1. Follow-up from last meeting:
Review notes and wrap up discussion on (#10&11). Good points were added after the meeting. ~ SCS
2. Completed since the last meeting:
Bugfixes related to spawning after rest (thanks Nyktos!)
Wiki is moving along nicely with much help from Taledus.
TODO: Someone else could help with adding more content. Get in contact with Scott.
3. Things that are being worked on:
Status of alpha 1 for v0.6.12:
We would like to also include the categorization of items in this build (but not the skills yet, since they’re not ready). We’ll spend some time to work on getting a correct categorization for the initial release.
TODO: Oskar: Share a googledocs list with the items and their current rough categorization.
mw: Internal Bleeding & Concussion not listed in “On Hit” section...
maybe an icon too? =)
TODO: Sure, we’ll fix that.
4. Discussion of some forum threads/posts that people have found interesting, or want clarification on, or maybe a question answered:
New repeat speech bug: http://code.google.com/p/andors-trail/i ... ail?id=317
TODO: Oskar: check it out.
Japanese translation addition: http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2042
TODO: add the translation to the game (& update list of authors)
Some work has been started on using PO files as translation files, instead of the custom translation format that we have today. Nothing finished though, it would require some help to get it fully functional.
TODO: Someone could help with this. Check with Oskar for what the status is.
Taledus post: http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 120#p22623
5. What should we have ready for the next meeting?
TODO: Oskar: Add Japanese translations.
TODO: Oskar: Add updated Italian translation from Joker
Wiki release.
Hopefully we can release v0.6.12a1 public some time before the next meeting.
Brainstorm:
Contest to decide world name? (Pending approval by us.)
Add signpost/guard to uncompleted areas? - Breaks immersion either way...requires more discussion.
Actor conditions being triggered by a map event?
matthew: the purple marsh areas could poison you!
Sure, we’ll do that in the future. What we need is some way to trigger a quest script (conversation) without having a conversation dialog being displayed.
Also actor conditions seem to be the way most mobs are set apart from one another. Is there something else we can do when creating them to add more variety in the type of attack or something?
matthew: there are a few mobs that stand out in my mind....
The Gremlins in Jan’s Cave, they can attack more times in one round than anything else in the game.
(thankfully they miss a lot, and when they do land - its not that harsh)
on the other hand, an Aurulir only hits once... but hits hard. (good stuff) =)
and the undead in BWM, they heal a little when they land hits on you,
now this isnt potion use, but it makes them “feel” a little more unique.
~ how about an enemy type that will flee every time you get it below 50% hp?
~ or maybe even a mage class enemy that blinks a few tiles away, to heal up or flee...
(maybe even mobs that “appear” to leave the map?)
~ we could have a huge slime that splits into smaller slimes when you kill it, land a crit, etc.
(total rip off, i know... hahaha) =)
TODO: Oskar: how could we implement this? (slime splitting, monster fleeing, semi-transparent/invisible)
We could also add monsters that have colors that match the background tiles.
Increase project visibility:
gamedev?
xda-forums?
hacker news?
more suggestions?
TODO: Everyone that hasn’t visited, please visit the unofficial IRC channel. Freenode.net, #andorstrail.
We will try to be more active in the IRC channel, but no promises.
2012-09-09
Present: Oskar Wiksten (oskarwiksten), Scott Devaney (sdevaney), Matthew White (Nyktos)
1. Follow-up from last meeting:
Review notes and wrap up discussion on (#10&11). Good points were added after the meeting. ~ SCS
2. Completed since the last meeting:
Bugfixes related to spawning after rest (thanks Nyktos!)
Wiki is moving along nicely with much help from Taledus.
TODO: Someone else could help with adding more content. Get in contact with Scott.
3. Things that are being worked on:
Status of alpha 1 for v0.6.12:
We would like to also include the categorization of items in this build (but not the skills yet, since they’re not ready). We’ll spend some time to work on getting a correct categorization for the initial release.
TODO: Oskar: Share a googledocs list with the items and their current rough categorization.
mw: Internal Bleeding & Concussion not listed in “On Hit” section...
maybe an icon too? =)
TODO: Sure, we’ll fix that.
4. Discussion of some forum threads/posts that people have found interesting, or want clarification on, or maybe a question answered:
New repeat speech bug: http://code.google.com/p/andors-trail/i ... ail?id=317
TODO: Oskar: check it out.
Japanese translation addition: http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2042
TODO: add the translation to the game (& update list of authors)
Some work has been started on using PO files as translation files, instead of the custom translation format that we have today. Nothing finished though, it would require some help to get it fully functional.
TODO: Someone could help with this. Check with Oskar for what the status is.
Taledus post: http://andorstrail.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 120#p22623
5. What should we have ready for the next meeting?
TODO: Oskar: Add Japanese translations.
TODO: Oskar: Add updated Italian translation from Joker
Wiki release.
Hopefully we can release v0.6.12a1 public some time before the next meeting.
Brainstorm:
Contest to decide world name? (Pending approval by us.)
Add signpost/guard to uncompleted areas? - Breaks immersion either way...requires more discussion.
Actor conditions being triggered by a map event?
matthew: the purple marsh areas could poison you!
Sure, we’ll do that in the future. What we need is some way to trigger a quest script (conversation) without having a conversation dialog being displayed.
Also actor conditions seem to be the way most mobs are set apart from one another. Is there something else we can do when creating them to add more variety in the type of attack or something?
matthew: there are a few mobs that stand out in my mind....
The Gremlins in Jan’s Cave, they can attack more times in one round than anything else in the game.
(thankfully they miss a lot, and when they do land - its not that harsh)
on the other hand, an Aurulir only hits once... but hits hard. (good stuff) =)
and the undead in BWM, they heal a little when they land hits on you,
now this isnt potion use, but it makes them “feel” a little more unique.
~ how about an enemy type that will flee every time you get it below 50% hp?
~ or maybe even a mage class enemy that blinks a few tiles away, to heal up or flee...
(maybe even mobs that “appear” to leave the map?)
~ we could have a huge slime that splits into smaller slimes when you kill it, land a crit, etc.
(total rip off, i know... hahaha) =)
TODO: Oskar: how could we implement this? (slime splitting, monster fleeing, semi-transparent/invisible)
We could also add monsters that have colors that match the background tiles.
Increase project visibility:
gamedev?
xda-forums?
hacker news?
more suggestions?
TODO: Everyone that hasn’t visited, please visit the unofficial IRC channel. Freenode.net, #andorstrail.
We will try to be more active in the IRC channel, but no promises.